योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-9

कोऽणुस्तमःप्रकाशः स्यात्कोऽणुरस्ति च नास्ति च ।
कोऽणुर्दूरेऽप्यदूरे च कोऽणुरेव महागिरिः ॥ ९ ॥

ko'ṇustamaḥprakāśaḥ syātko'ṇurasti ca nāsti ca ,
ko'ṇurdūre'pyadūre ca ko'ṇureva mahāgiriḥ 9

9. kaḥ aṇuḥ tamaḥprakāśaḥ syāt kaḥ aṇuḥ asti ca na asti
ca kaḥ aṇuḥ dūre api adūre ca kaḥ aṇuḥ eva mahāgiriḥ

9. kaḥ aṇuḥ tamaḥprakāśaḥ syāt kaḥ aṇuḥ asti ca ca na
asti kaḥ aṇuḥ dūre api ca adūre kaḥ aṇuḥ eva mahāgiriḥ

9. What atom (or subtle entity) could be both darkness and light? What atom both exists and does not exist? What atom is simultaneously far away and not far away (i.e., near)? And what atom is itself a great mountain?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अणुः (aṇuḥ) - atom, minute particle, subtle entity

• तमःप्रकाशः (tamaḥprakāśaḥ) - darkness and light

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अणुः (aṇuḥ) - atom, minute particle, subtle entity

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• च (ca) - and

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• च (ca) - and

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अणुः (aṇuḥ) - atom, minute particle, subtle entity

• दूरे (dūre) - far away

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अदूरे (adūre) - near, not far

• च (ca) - and

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अणुः (aṇuḥ) - atom, minute particle, subtle entity

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• महागिरिः (mahāgiriḥ) - great mountain

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अणुः (aṇuḥ) - atom, minute particle, subtle entity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - atom, molecule, minute, subtle, small

तमःप्रकाशः (tamaḥprakāśaḥ) - darkness and light

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tamaḥprakāśa

tamaḥprakāśa - darkness and light, obscurity and luminosity

Compound type : Dvandva (tamas+prakāśa)

• tamas – darkness, gloom, ignorance
  noun (neuter)
• prakāśa – light, luster, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  From root kāś (to shine) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kāś (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अणुः (aṇuḥ) - atom, minute particle, subtle entity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - atom, molecule, minute, subtle, small

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अणुः (aṇuḥ) - atom, minute particle, subtle entity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - atom, molecule, minute, subtle, small

दूरे (dūre) - far away

(indeclinable)

Note: Locative case used adverbially.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

अदूरे (adūre) - near, not far

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (a+dūra)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• dūra – far, distant, remote
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Locative case used adverbially.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अणुः (aṇuḥ) - atom, minute particle, subtle entity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - atom, molecule, minute, subtle, small

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

महागिरिः (mahāgiriḥ) - great mountain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāgiri

mahāgiri - great mountain, a large mountain

Compound type : Karmadharaya (mahā+giri)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)